Well knock me over with a feather. It's well written and hits all of the high spots. Good on 'em, indeed. I've kept a copy of the letter and will look for their names on future gun related legislation.

The US house consists of 435 voting members, right now of which 257 are Demo's, and 178 are Repubs. Given that a simple majority is 218 votes ... if these 65 Demos voted against a ban on semiautos, it would take 26 Repubs voting FOR such a bill to pass it.

I think DAD29 is right. Given the recent notice that Mil Brass was to re shredded insead of sold for reloading, and other talk about bullet tax and so forth I think that is the likely route. And they had the perfect excuse - the economy! They'll balance the budget by taxing bullets and all their components. After all it is only a luxury item.

I found this article from Gun News Daily about the gun culture in Mexico. This article seemed appropriate given the Obama Administration's flimsy excuse about Mexico's civil war being the fault of the 2A.

Seems the natives could care less about Mexican gun laws--everybody has something, including full-auto military knockoffs from Pakistan and India. Fascinating article...